This is a story of bringing the pain forward, begging forgiveness, and continuous improvement. The company Manifold was struggling with keeping their dependencies up to date, which was causing significant work and stress for the team. To address this issue, they implemented automated dependency updates across all their repositories, which initially caused more problems than solutions, such as a backlog in their continuous deployment pipeline. However, through continuous improvement and iteration, they were able to overcome these challenges and create a fully automated path from pull request to production, resulting in faster deploy times and improved test efficacy. The key takeaway is that by bringing the pain of dependency updates forward and continuously improving processes, companies can overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges and achieve significant benefits.